Bound for Botany Bay : British convict voyages to Australia / Alan Brooke and David Brandon.

By: Brooke, AlanContributor(s): Brandon, David, 1941- | National Archives (Great Britain)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kew, Vic. : National Archives, 2005Description: 272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 1903365783 (hbk.)Other title: British convict voyages to AustraliaSubject(s): 1700 - 1899 | Transportation of convicts -- Australia | First Fleet, 1787-1788 | Transportation of convicts -- Australia -- History -- 18th century | Transportation of convicts -- Australia -- History -- 19th century | Convict ships | Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History | Convicts -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 | Prisoners, Transportation of -- Australia -- History | Prisoners, Transportation of -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Prisoners, Transportation of -- Great Britain -- History | Prisoners, Transportation of -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Penal colonies -- Australia -- History -- 19th century | Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Penal colonies -- Australia -- History -- 18th century | Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History | Penal colonies -- Australia -- History | Prisoners -- Australia -- History | Penal transportation -- Australia | British -- Australia -- History -- 18th century | Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Penal colonies -- Australia | Penal colonies -- Australia -- History | Prisoners -- Australia -- History | Penal transportation -- Australia -- History | British -- Australia -- History -- 19th century | British -- Australia | British | Penal colonies | Penal transportation | Prisoners, Transportation of -- England -- History -- 19th century | Australia -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851 | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 | Australia | Great Britain | Australia -- Colonization -- History | Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 | Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History | Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History | Australia, New South Wales -- Emigration and immigration -- HistoryGenre/Form: History. Additional physical formats: Online version: Bound for Botany Bay.DDC classification: 364.680994 LOC classification: HV8950.A8 | B76 2005Other classification: 364.680994
Contents:
The beginning of transportation -- The first three fleets -- The trauma of exile -- Who were the convicts? -- Child convicts -- Keeping order -- Staying alive on the convict ships -- The surgeon's tale -- The promised land -- Towards the end of transportation.
Action note: Legacy 2017Summary: Between 1787 and 1868, 162,000 people packed into 806 ships were transported to the colony of Australia. This book follows their story, from courtroom to convict ship to colonial life.
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Illustrations on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The beginning of transportation -- The first three fleets -- The trauma of exile -- Who were the convicts? -- Child convicts -- Keeping order -- Staying alive on the convict ships -- The surgeon's tale -- The promised land -- Towards the end of transportation.

Between 1787 and 1868, 162,000 people packed into 806 ships were transported to the colony of Australia. This book follows their story, from courtroom to convict ship to colonial life.

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